This case was sent to me by A Nefarious Nightmare Podcast and their Minding the Beehive survivors of serial rapist Adrian Vildusea. In Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 66 year old Steven Mark Brashear was going through a divorce when his 21 year old friend Daylan Thornton asked Steven to take him to Tuscon, Arizona for the Christmas holidays. Once in Arizona, the two men went on a hike in a mountainous national forest. Only one man returned from the hike.

True Crime Quickie could be an episode of Fear Thy Neighbor. 27 year old Danielle Smith lived in Missouri in a trailer park. Her neighbor, a surly man had great disdain for Danielle sexuality. How did her sexual identity impact his life you may ask? It didn't in the least...he was just an asshole...

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Intro: Black Moons by The 126ers
Outro: Subtle Betrayal by SYBS

Promo by: Mountain Murders

Resources:
https://www.abc15.com/news/region-central-southern-az/left-to-die-man-hurt-on-trail-died-then-eaten-by-mountain-lions
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daylan-jacob-thornton-arrested-after-mountain-lions-found-eating-human-remains-arizona-trail/
https://truecrimedaily.com/2020/11/17/man-eaten-by-mountain-lions-in-arizona-was-murdered-by-friend-sheriffs-office-alleges/#:~:text=After%20months%20of%20investigation%2C%20Pima%20County%20Sheriff%27s%20detectives,cliff%20because%20Brashear%20was%20suicidal%20over%20his%20divorce.
https://tucson.com/news/local/autopsy-released-of-man-whose-partially-eaten-remains-were-found-on-tucson-hiking-trail/article_63c3a04e-0653-5451-a2ea-f274aa25d28b.html
https://scallywagandvagabond.com/2020/01/daylan-jacob-thornton-tucson-az-man-arrested-steven-mark-brashear-oro-valley-missing-death/
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/murder-indictment-does-not-say-how-victim-died
https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2020/01/21/oklahoma-man-whose-remains-were-eaten-by-mountain-lions-identified/#:~:text=Tucson%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Pima%20County%20Sheriff%E2%80%99s%20Office%20announced,mountain%20lions%20on%20the%20Tucson%20area%20hiking%20trail.
https://www.newsweek.com/arizona-man-charged-murder-after-mountain-lions-found-feasting-victim-body-
police-say-1539389
https://www.newsweek.com/family-missing-oklahoma-man-remains-found-arizona-hiking-trail-1483459

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/mis-crt-app-sou-dis-in-div/114510638.html
https://www.mic.com/articles/154106/an-out-lesbian-was-allegedly-murdered-by-a-man-who-had-harassed-her-for-months
https://www.lakeexpo.com/news/crime/man-sent-anti-gay-texts-before-murdering-bisexual-woman-and/article_4c582ebc-753b-11e6-b78f-2f8ae5dc4953.html?mode=jqm
https://www.towleroad.com/2016/09/camden-homicide/
https://www.ky3.com/2022/03/02/judge-deliberates-case-man-accused-killing-mother-daughter-camden-county/